Downtown Bend recorded 0.61 of an inch of rain Friday morning, the wettest day since Nov. 16, when Bend had 1 inch of precipitation, accordin… Read more
For Madras-area farmer JoHanna Symons, the lack of available water this year to operate her … Read more
Winter brought above-average snow to the Central Cascades. Then a summertime heat wave melte… Read more
Local hostility to solar facilities isn’t just a knee-jerk “not in my backyard” sentiment in… Read more
Mike Britton has seen his fair share of irrigation seasons. He has been in charge of North U… Read more
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shut down the Project's A Canal for the entire irrigation sea… Read more
There’s nothing quite like a cold beer to finish a long workweek. Unless, of course, that be… Read more
The Gulf Stream, the warm -water current that weaves a serpentine path from the west Atlanti… Read more
PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners in a Tuesday, April 20, meeting moved… Read more
The climate for the Northwest and most of the contiguous U.S. has become slightly warmer in … Read more
The Bend-based teen activist group Deschutes Youth Climate Congress led a protest Friday in … Read more
WASHINGTON — The White House has appointed Jane Lubchenco, a well-known marine scientist at … Read more
To show support for similar events worldwide, the Bend-based teen climate activist group You… Read more
Larry O’Neill always loved the weather. From preschool age, when other kids were watching t… Read more
For green finance enthusiasts, a new flavor of debt could emerge this year — nature bonds. Read more
From wildfires in the west to a rare freeze in Texas and increasing numbers of hurricanes in… Read more
U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has renewed his push for legislation requiring a presidential decl… Read more
SALEM — More than half the greenhouse gases generated by Salem residents come from either ho… Read more
Five years ago the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs set aside 24,000 acres of forestland … Read more
Since the historic appointment of Deb Haaland to head the U.S. Department of the Interior, h… Read more
Before Labor Day, Detroit was a quaint community on the shores of its namesake reservoir in … Read more
Amanda Little, an author, journalist and professor, came across a study a few years ago that… Read more
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The area of land in Deschutes County affected by extreme drought has tripled, following a dr… Read more
Evan Thomas, a farmer in Jefferson County, is used to seeing the landscape around his farm c… Read more
Every day, electricity crackles across power lines hanging over the sparsely populated count… Read more
After escaping the impact of the region’s raging wildfires this week, Central Oregon residen… Read more
Oregon firefighters hope to start pushing back on dozens of deadly blazes that have scorched… Read more
As much of California and western Oregon suffers from another devastating wildfire season, C… Read more
Climate change models forecast plenty of doomsday scenarios that could play out over the res… Read more
Cool temperatures and consistent rainfall in recent weeks has provided some relief to Centra… Read more
BOARDMAN — Since 1980, the Boardman Coal Plant has produced reliable energy capable of power… Read more
Oregon State University announced that it is among three universities chosen to share up to … Read more
The Oregon Department of Environment Quality will not impose new regulations this year stemm… Read more
Water is being released from Wickiup Reservoir at rates that are higher than average due to … Read more
When Peter Keane started running mountaineering tours in the Cascades 30 years ago he helped… Read more
Local teen climate activists had long-standing plans for an Earth Day climate march in downt… Read more
The city of Bend has advanced its goal of reducing fossil fuel consumption at its facilities… Read more
Some impacts are more subtle than others as water supplies, temperatures and growing seasons vary Read more
The teenagers became environmental champions in different ways. Some learned about climate a… Read more
The most remarkable element about EO Media Group’s climate series was the timing. Planning b… Read more
Two eighth graders wearing aprons and laboratory goggles stood in Pacific Crest Middle Schoo… Read more
SALEM — Lawmakers have made changes to the plan to cut back on the state’s greenhouse gas e… Read more
WICKIUP DAM — From the top of the dam holding back the waters of Wickiup Reservoir, Curtis W… Read more
SALEM — An Oregon activist group that opposes a state plan to clamp down on greenhouse gas e… Read more
SALEM — Activists from across Oregon will gather in Salem Thursday as they attempt to break … Read more
SALEM — A hay farmer, a high school student and a physicist each strode up to a modest heari… Read more
More than 500 Oregon health professionals and organizations are declaring climate change a p… Read more
Winter in Bend continues to be warmer and drier than normal, and that trend is expected to c… Read more
A month ago, Larry Katz was one warm day or a rainstorm away from a disaster. As trail manag… Read more
